2022 Constant Crush, Chardonnay

The Chardonnay is whole cluster pressed in a long slow press cycle to extract maximum phenolics the wine is settled overnight and racked to barrels for fermentation with native yeasts, around 35% of the wine was fermented in new Jura forest puncheons to bring maximum lees exposure. The wine remains in barrel and completes full malolactic fermentation in barrel on gross lees. Elevage is for 20 months in barrel on lees bringing a deep mineral drive, nutty lees flavors and a long salty finish to the wine.